Walk through the his­toric lime tree avenue

Planned asphalt road threat­ens Bran­den­burg nat­ur­al monument

On Sat­ur­day, April 19th, 2003 from 3 p.m., Axel Bieseke, mem­ber of the Asso­ci­a­tion of Friends of the Ger­­man-Pol­ish Euro­pean Nation­al Park Unteres Oder­tal, will take a three-kilo­­me­ter hike through one of the most beau­ti­ful avenues in Bran­den­burg, the Lin­de­nallee between Staffelde and Neu­rochlitz. This unique cul­tur­al mon­u­ment is threat­ened by the planned con­struc­tion of a 3 meter wide new asphalt road between the old rows of trees, an unnec­es­sary con­struc­tion mea­sure, because cyclists can already make good use of the pic­turesque route today, as can the nec­es­sary com­mer­cial traf­fic. The path, which was pre­vi­ous­ly paved with nat­ur­al mate­ri­als, is to be paved. This seal­ing of the soil will dam­age the exist­ing roots and threat­en the avenue of lin­den trees with creep­ing death. A good top­ic for Holy Saturday.

The pre-East­­er walk, to which I would like to cor­dial­ly invite you, also goes well with oth­er high­lights of the hike, for exam­ple the vis­it to the bar­row of Staffelde as well as the expla­na­tion of the his­to­ry of Staffelde and the local East­er customs.

The meet­ing point is Sat­ur­day, April 19th, 2003 at 3 p.m. at the Spe­ich­er (for­mer church) in Staffelde. The tour by the com­mit­ted local nature con­ser­va­tion­ist Axel Bieseke is free of charge, dona­tions are welcome.

Please direct any queries direct­ly to Axel Bieseke (Tel.-No .: 033332/80731). The board of directors